Our Board

Mr Clarke was Chief Executive Officer of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Investec Bank, Mr Clarke was the CEO of Allco Finance Group and a Director of AMP Limited, following five years at Westpac Banking Corporation, where he held a number of senior roles, including Chief Executive of BT Financial Group. He was previously employed at Lend Lease Corporation Limited, where he was an Executive Director and Chief Executive of MLC Limited, and prior to this was Chief Executive Officer of Lloyds Merchant Bank in London.

Mr Clarke’s deep board experience spans 20 years, and he is currently the Chair of Fisher Funds Management Limited.

Mr Clarke’s previous Board appointments also include Charter Hall Group between April 2014 and November 2024 (where he was Chair from November 2014) and AUB Group between February 2014 and October 2024 (where he was Chair from November 2015).

Prior to ASX, Ms Lofthouse was a Managing Director at UBS with global responsibility for the OTC clearing business, and worked at J.P. Morgan in London in various businesses including futures and OTC clearing, derivatives prime brokerage, credit markets and cash equities.

Ms Lofthouse was announced as one of the World Federation of Exchanges’ Women Leaders for 2021 and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Prior to being appointed by the Australian Government as Chair of APRA, Mr Byres served as the Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the global standard-setter for banking regulation and supervision. His earlier career included roles with APRA, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England. Mr Byres has also worked in an advisory capacity with the International Monetary Fund.

Mr Byres is currently a non‑executive director of Macquarie Bank Limited, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Prior to her career with Telstra, Ms Carter held a number of executive roles at National Australia Bank, as well as product, business development and project director roles at ING Australia, Prudential Assurance and Australian Eagle.

Ms Carter has been a non executive director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited since September 2018 and was appointed as Chair on 13 May 2024. She has also been a director of IPH Limited since October 2022 and retired as Chair of Sandhurst Trustees Limited on 15 August 2024. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of Chief Executive Women.

Mr Curran was formerly Westpac’s Group Chief Information Officer and has previously held executive technology roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), where he led the Group’s technology transformation, including the industry-leading modernisation of CBA’s deposit and lending capabilities.

Mr Curran is Chair of Elemnta and Chair of the Westpac Scholars Trust, which provides 100 scholarships every year to challenge, explore and set new benchmarks in innovation, research and social change.

Mr Curran is currently a Director of QBE’s Australia Pacific Operations Board. He is also a board member of Quintessence Labs, a global leader in quantum cybersecurity.

She currently serves as a non-executive director on the Boards of nib Holdings Limited (since February 2017), Accent Group Limited (since November 2023), and HSBC Bank Australia Limited (since February 2025). Ms Loveridge is also currently on the Board of Destination NSW and has also previously served on the Board of National Australia Bank Limited (from December 2015 - December 2024) and Platinum Asset Management Limited (from September 2016 to October 2025).

Ms Loveridge holds a long-standing interest in the role of arts and culture in building communities, promoting creativity and driving economic activity. She is a former Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Company, and in 2023, was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her significant contribution to theatre administration and business.

Ms Loveridge is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Member of Chief Executive Women, and Member of the International Women’s Forum, Australia.

Ms Loveridge receives an amount from a retirement scheme in relation to her former role as a partner at PwC. The amount of the payment is fixed (subject to CPI) and not related to the financial performance of PwC. The Board is satisfied that this matter does not affect her independence as Non-Executive Director and does not constitute a conflict of interest.

Ms McGrath was previously Chief Executive Officer, Retirement Solutions at MUFG Pension & Market Services. Prior to her career with MUFG, she had held senior executive roles at IBM, Visa Inc, HP Services, and National Australia Bank. 

Ms McGrath is currently a director of GMHBA Limited and Revolut Australia. She has also served as a director for IBM Australia and on a number of companies associated with MUFG businesses, including Smart Pension UK, and Retire360.

Ms McGrath is a member of Chief Executive Women and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Randell was Head of Markets and Securities Service for Citi Australia and New Zealand for five years. His prior roles included being CEO, President and Head of Institutional Clients Group for Citi in Japan, as well as Co-Head of Global Markets and Head of Equities for Citi in Australia and New Zealand. He has also worked a number of years in London, where he was Citi’s Head of Equity Derivatives for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Mr Randell is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Smith has also held senior positions in the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury, as well as the Office of National Intelligence. She began her career at the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Dr Smith has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (ANU). She has been a non-executive director of Challenger Limited since January 2021 and chairs Challenger’s Group Audit Committee. She has been a non-executive director of Qantas Airways Limited since August 2023.

Dr Smith is also an independent director of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. She is a Fellow and National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. She also co-led the 2024 Independent Review of Australia’s National Intelligence Community.